What can you say about a guy like Austin Daye? Seriously, I'm not being cute, I am honestly not sure what I can say about him here that won't get me suspended from the site. When we acquired Daye, I described him as "stretch four fodder," and that was really being generous. Daye didn't really do much to help Memphis, despite posting double-digit scoring games twice. His offensive game is limited to spot up shooting, and his defensive game is nonexistent, to put it mildly. I can't think of anything more painful than watching Austin Daye play defense, and this is coming from a guy who has had meningitis, third degree sunburns from head to toe, kidney stones, and a failed almost marriage.

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And this:

If I were trapped in a room with Austin Daye, Kevin Hart, and Kim Jong Un, and was promised a romantic date with the little redheaded girl if I could control my temper, I'd slap Austin Daye twice. If I were about to lose my vision, and the doctors told me that I had about five minutes of sight left, and Austin Daye was on the court playing defense, I would grab the nearest spoon and gouge my eyes out early.

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Wait, there's more:

A (n extremely) small portion of the fan base has expressed interest in bringing Daye back. I have $350 in change in a bank in my bedroom floor, and I'd rather that be distributed out amongst several tube socks and used to beat me to a pulp before that happens.

Daye wins 6/7 games he plays more then 20 mins.... so if a coach wants to win they have a solid 70 wins on a bad team like Detroit imagine if he could be picked up by Miami or the Spurs.... good money would say they run the season..... 82-0 then 16-0 for there title.

Funny how people actually think Daye was decent in Detroit when contrasted with the Memphis opinions.

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Remember, Memphis barely played the guy. Did you watch the playoffs? Prince was absolutely horrid. He stole those minutes from Daye. I wonder what this fan thinks of Tay's ability to stay with anyone these days.

Former Pistons guard Kim English said that "three or four teams are showing interest" in signing him.He doesn't expect to get a contract offer until guys like Gerald Henderson and Gary Neal are snapped up in free agency. He may not receive a fully-guaranteed offer, either, and suggested that he could head overseas if there isn't sufficient interest around the NBA. "This is a multi-billion dollar industry around the world," he said, "so wherever I play, I'll take it as blessing that I'm doing what I love."

Same guy, different uniform. His shooting percentage dropped for Mem, but we're only talking the equivalent of 6.8 games (at 48 min) for the sample size with a brand new team/ offense.

His PER indicates a slightly below average player. He's a good 3-point shooter though. He shot .525 for us from deep and attempted them at the same rate as Jose Calderon. Nobody is .525 good in the long run of course, but he's probably a legit .400 guy if he takes smart shots and finds a fit off the bench somewhere.

So far in his young career Daye has played a limited role off the bench and is a pretty one-dimensional player. He is a rare breed of big men that can shoot the 3-ball at an efficient rate and is shooting 0.356 percent from beyond the arc in his career. Unfortunately, Daye doesn’t do much else than that.